Apparatus for manufacturing h eating-vapors



(No Model.)

W. WALTGN.

APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING HEATING VAPORS.

Patented Nov. 23,1886.

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WALTON, or BROOKLYN, new roan.

APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING HE ATlNG-VAPORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,276, dated November23, 1886.

Application filed December 4, 1885. Serial No. 1--i,750. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM WALTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for ManufacturingHeating-Vapors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved apparatus for vaporizing petroleumor other hydrocarbon oils and water, the object being to converthydrocarbon oil and water into vapor by a simple and economicalapparatus, which is adapted to furnaces, stoves, and other heatingdevices; and the object of this invention is accomplished by themechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a cross-section in elevation of the generator, showing the base A,with opening 1), interior of tube B, provided with escape-pipe K andclosed by a stop-cock, airpassage H, and core-tube O, and openings F atbottom of said tube 0. Fig. 2 is a side view of an oil-reservoir, withpart of side removed to more clearly show the means of conducting theoil to the generator.

The generator consists of .a hollow base, A, adapted to hold water orhydrocarbon oil. Tube B, resting on base A, is provided with anescape-pipe, K, at the top, and coretu'be 0, extending downward intobase A, resting on the bottom of said base, is provided with openings F,for admitting liquid contained in said base into said tube. Said tube isprovided with a core, consisting, preferably, of sea-sand. At the upperline of baseA said tube B is provided with air-passages H. Resting onthe core is a metal saddle, D, which receives and distributes the oilwhich flows from reservoir 0 through the pipe E onto the core.

The saddle D can. be dispensed with and the oil allowed to drop directlyon the core.

b is an opening for supplying the base A with liquid.

Reservoir O is provided with valve P for filling same. On one side ofsaid reservoir is an extension, R, provided with openings Z. S S areopenings into said extension. Y is a slide for closing said openings. v

V is a longitudinal partition dividing the extension B into receivers land 2, and of sufficient height to be above the openings S S.

WV is a wick, which is connected at one end to a jointed rod X.

E is a pipe leading from the bottom of reservoir O to the generator.

Oil being placed in reservoir, 0, the slide Y is raised, when the oilwill flow through the openings S S into receiver luntil it covers saidopenings, when, the air being cut off, it will cease to flow. The freeend of wick W is placed in the oil in receiver 1, and the other end,connected to the rod X, is carried over partitionVand into receiver 2.The oil ascends in the wick from receiver 1 by capillary attraction, anddescends by gravity into receiver 2, from which it is conducted by pipeE to the generator. When the oil is to be cut off from pipe E,.the endof wick XV, connected to the rod X, is raised by the said rod to a.point above the partition V, when the oil will cease to flow intoreceiver 1. The rod being jointed, the outer end is turned down, restingon the outside of extension R, and retained in place, as shown by dottedline. \Vhen the oil in receiver 1 falls below the opening S in reservoirO, air will pass into said reservoir and cause oil to flow out of thelower opening S into section 1 until it again covers the upper openingS, thereby cutting off the air from entering the reservoir 0. When thegenerator is to be operated, water is placed in the base A, passingthrough the openings F" in the bottom of coretube 0, when by capillaryattraction it as cends through the core contained in said tube 0. Oil isthen admitted through the pipe E from reservoir O, and drops on thesaddle D, and flows down its sides onto the core in tube 0. Fire is thenapplied through the opening H in tube 13, causing the oil on the core toignite, thereby converting the hydrocarbon oil and water into vapor, aportion of which mingles with theinward currents of air passing throughthe openings H into tube B. The vapor which has become mixed with thecurrents of air ignites, and thereby increases the force of the inwardcurrents, creating a blast and forming tongues of flame, which aresimilar to so many blow-pipes directed on the top of the said core,thereby greatly intensifying the heat, ahd aiding in a very considerabledegree in converting the hydrocarbon oil and water into vapor. The vaporthus created ascends to the top of the tube and passes out through theescape-pipe K when the stopcock is open. Here it mingles with the airand will burn with perfect combustion when ignited.

The openings H in tube B are essential to the attainmentof the object,for without them it would be impossible to obtain sufficient heat adraft, for that simply aids combustion; but

the openings H must be above the fire proper in order to form a tongueof flame, which forms the blast.

I am aware that in a device for burning oils as fuels blast-pipes forsupplying oxygen-gas have been used; but in such cases the blast iscreated by an additional mechanical device, while in my invention theblast is produced automatically, not requiring any machinery. Thisfeature adds to its simplicity and cheapness; besides, it is less likelyto get out oforder, and will not be interrupted by accident to themachinery which supplies the blast.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described generator, consisting of the hollow base A, tube B,provided with openings H for the admission of air, escapepipe K, andcore-tube G, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM WALTON Witness es:

0. W. LANGFORD, FRED S. Inns.

